In microsoft.public.money, Jim Mack wrote:

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Start-> Settings-> ControlPanel-> FolderOptions-> FileTypes

Select OFX-- Open Financial Exchange File .

Click Advanced. Check Confirm Open After Download unless
you would not like the pop-up box. That is the one that gives you
the choice.

See that the "Actions" box contains "Open" in bold. If it is not
bold, you can select Open as the default action by clicking the
Set Default button.

Click Edit.

When you click edit, the application used to perform action
should be the following line:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money 2004\System\mnyimprt.exe" %1
WITH the quotes, and the %1 after the quote. The path will
differ based on your installation. Modify for your setup.

Application should be mnyimprt with the appropriate path.
The easy way to fix this may be to reinstall Money.

Some banks use different login information for their online services and
their web based services - not sure whether it would be the case in your
instance. You might need to check with the bank this fact (or look at any
online FAQ that they may have).

With the bottom half of your message (which I almost missed), take a look at
http://money.mvps.org/faq/article/29.aspx. This is the method most prevalent
in the UK, and given the choice, i'd go with OFX as it can handle duplicate
downloads of information better.

--
Glyn Simpson, Microsoft MVP - Money
http://money.mvps.org

Check http://money.mvps.org/faq for tips and fixes for MS Money. To send
Microsoft your product wishes see http://money.mvps.org/wishes.aspx

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"Jim Mack" <jmack[at]mdxi.nospam.com> wrote in message
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Hi all -

I used Money V3 for many years and recently moved to 2004 to get online
banking features. I do not want, under any circumstances, to use MSN or
Passport or anything like them, just the services offered directly by
the banks.

Money successfully finds my bank in its list, and when I ask it to Setup
Online Services for that bank, it presents me with a screen asking for
the username and PIN (password).

Money insists that the PIN be exactly 4 digits, which is fine for now
because I'm using a temporary PIN assigned by the bank. But the bank
says that if I change the PIN/password, it must be a minimum of 6
characters. Does Money get its "must be" length from something the bank
tells it, or is that generic?

In any case, using the same credentials that work correctly on the bank
web site, Money can't seem to connect, and so can't complete the Setup
Online Services process. It indicates that it's "updating account
info", then stops, saying that I should check the username and PIN.
I've also tried it while also online with the bank via the web site,
with no difference (just voodoo, but you know...). The web address
Money uses for the bank is the same one I use when logging in.

Is there any way to diagnose where the failure is -- an error log,
anything? I need to know why it's failing: whether it's the fault of
Money, the bank, or my inputs.

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Ok, so a less-automated method: Using IE6, I ask the bank to Export
Transactions for one account, and it offers the choice of Money or
Quicken. If I choose Money, it flashes a dialog briefly and says "Export
done". I am never offered a choice of where to place a file, nothing.
And there are no new files of any kind, OFX or other, anywhere on the
computer.

If instead I choose QIF, it does prompt me to save the file, and I can
import that file into Money later. Is there a way to reset what IE
apparently "knows" about OFX files, so that it prompts to save?
(FireFox handles both types the same, with no problems.) The Explorer
"file types" dialog shows that both file types are handled by the Money
Importer (or some such).

I don't care which format (OFX/QIF) I use, as long as I'm not missing
any information by using QIF instead of OFX for import into Money. Am I?

Thanks for any insights or suggestions.

--
Jim